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Request #49555 Fatal error "Function must be a string" message should be renamed.
Submitted: 2009-09-14 17:32 UTC Modified: 2010-11-24 11:19 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: dormam at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.0 OS: Ubuntu Jaunty
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-09-14 17:32 UTC] dormam at gmail dot com
Description:
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In the past, to call a variable as a function, the variable had to be a string: $var = 'strlen'; $var(/*args*/); calls strlen.

But in the present, the message is a bit misleading, since it must not necessarily be a string: $foo = function() {echo "bar";};

I consider this to be a very minor thing, but consider the message wrong, anyway.

Reproduce code:
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function badLambdaCreator($argument) {
    function($test) use ($argument) { 
        /*Do something*/
    };
    /*No return given :O*/
}
$foo = badLambdaCreator(10);
$foo(50); 
//Fatal error telling you to use strings, 
//while a lambda is fine too.

Expected result:
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A fatal error that also includes lambdas (I guess callbacks work? I'm not sure what name is the most appropiate).

Actual result:
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An error that tells you that **ONLY** strings can be used.

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 [2010-11-24 11:19 UTC] jani@php.net
-Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: Scripting Engine problem
 [2020-01-08 13:32 UTC] nikic@php.net
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=d0d1654a34bb4923196fb8df2d19c432f13ede3e
Log: Fix #49555: Improve "function must be a string" error message
 [2020-01-08 13:32 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 
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